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Cruise Against Cancer

The Islander Yacht
Seattle, WA

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Please join the 2017 Kirkland Firefighters Stairclimb Team on February 25, for a 'Cruise Against Cancer' featuring Ayron Jones. All proceeds from this event will go to the Leukemia Lymphoma Society.

The boat will begin boarding at 6pm and will depart at 7pm for a 3hr cruise around Lake Union. Cash or credit accepted for the no host bar. Heavy appetizers and live music will be provided.

About the Firefighter Stairclimb:
At 788 feet of vertical elevation, the Columbia Center in downtown Seattle stands as the second tallest building west of the Mississippi. It takes 69 floors of stairs and 1,356 steps to reach the highly acclaimed observation deck overlooking the city. The Firefighter Stairclimb is the Leukemia & Lymphoma Societys annual fundraiser open solely to firefighters and completed in full structural firefighting gear and on air. In 2016, the event featured over 1,900 firefighters from over 330 different departments and 5 different countries and brought in a record $2.3 million dollars for blood-cancer research and patient services through individual and department fundraisers. While completing the climb is a physical triumph in itself, it is also symbolic of, but pales in comparison to, the strenuous journey that all cancer patients endure. As firefighters race to the top of Seattles tallest building, they keep in mind that every step forward is symbolic of moving towards finding a cure for all those battling a blood cancer.

About Ayron:
Seattle-born vocalist, songwriter and Hendrix-inspired guitarist, Ayron Jones, has established himself as one of the top independent rock artists in the Pacific Northwest. Opening for Grammy award-winning, Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers such as Run DMC, B.B. King and Jeff Beck, Jones has stunned audiences and gained instant fans with a genre-defying mashup of blues-infused Grunge and West Coast Hip-hop.